Career
He retired in 2009 following a ten-year career. He progressed to a Commerce degree in University College Dublin on a sports scholarship, winning a Colours match in 1999 playing with Brian O"Driscoll. The flyhalf represented Ireland in the Sevens World Cup in 2001, in March Delegate Plata in Argentina, scoring the tournament"s fastest try (7 seconds ).
In the same season he went on to score the winning conversion in the 2004 European Challenge Cup vs Aurelien Rougerie"s Clermont.
His career did not progress significantly in the following years as expected due to a combination of injuries, club transfers and non selection. Following knee surgery Dunne retired in 2009 aged 29.